Local Reviews
In October 2020, Carl C said about The Afton Hotel
Me and my partner went here Last week wonderful twin room. Very comfortable beds. Room outstanding for the price. Very impressed. Wonderful staff with table service for drinks. Relaxing time. Highly recommended. Give it a try.
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In August 2016, Relaxed33 said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
I went to watch the show, Musicality, last week, at The Royal Hippodrome Theatre, with my partner and his mother, whilst on holiday in Eastbourne. What a beautiful, old theatre, staffed by friendly, helpful staff. It was like stepping back in time and was reminiscent of watching The Good Old Days on television, when I was a child. This all added to the brilliant show, Musicality.
We were expecting fabulous costumes, amazing singing and entertaining dance routines. What we didn't expect was to be splitting our sides with laughter! I hadn't laughed so much in ages. It was brilliant and the compere of the show really should be on television! He was totally hilarious!! I would urge anyone who hasn't already seen this show to book your ticket immediately! Just superb, from start to finish.
We were expecting fabulous costumes, amazing singing and entertaining dance routines. What we didn't expect was to be splitting our sides with laughter! I hadn't laughed so much in ages. It was brilliant and the compere of the show really should be on television! He was totally hilarious!! I would urge anyone who hasn't already seen this show to book your ticket immediately! Just superb, from start to finish.
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In August 2016, Jamie K said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
This theatre is fantastic. Owned by the community with no public funding it manages to deliver excellent shows for all tastes. We saw the summer variety show 'Musicality' which was a wonderful trip down memory lane. The theatre is run by volunteers and offers great guided tours. Well worth checking out.
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In September 2016, Mark B said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
on the 1st friday of every month u can go on a backstage tour, we did today and thoroughly enjoyed it, our guide was most enthusiastic and explained how it came to be, the layout, we even went underneath the stage. the theatre is community owned and as such receives no council funding at all.
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In September 2016, Mark H said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
What A lovely old theater !
The show was very funny as always when Joe is on stage and his brother Raynard.
The bar was well run and would definitely recommend this theater for future events
The show was very funny as always when Joe is on stage and his brother Raynard.
The bar was well run and would definitely recommend this theater for future events
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In September 2016, Abythesea said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
Great venue run by happy volunteers. Much friendlier than visiting the larger venues in Eastbourne. Joe Pasquale was great too!
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In September 2016, Jenine L said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
Lovely old theatre with friendly and helpful staff. Went to see Joe Pasquale and as always he was on top form and we even got to participate in his show 😀
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In September 2016, Q8777JPsimong said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
Visited this venue to see the fantastic Joe Pasquale. Really intimate and cosy venue allowing a great view of the performance. Whilst the venue has a need for further refurbishment, what it has is a warm friendly atmosphere with helpful and welcoming staff. This venue needs visitors in order to help it stay in Eastbourne as it has been for the past 133 years, please don't let it vanish and help support it.
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In September 2016, JohnRWebb said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
We sat upstairs on this occasion in the Dress Circle because by the time we decided to book to see Joe Pasquale on that Sunday evening, stall seats were very limited. After climbing the many stairs we arrived outside the Dress circle doors where we were greeted by a smiling lady who checked our printed E tickets and told us where to go to find D-11 & 12. We found our seats and sat down to recover from our climb up those stairs. I will just say as we have visited many dress circle and grand circle theaters in London and as they are all old buildings there is no lift, so I am not knocking the Hippodrome Theatre OK. One thing we did notice while waiting for the show to start was because there were not many other seats been sold upstairs, other people were coming in sitting down, and then moving to other seats. One elder couple actually did this three times before being happy with where to sit in the dress circle. The next strange thing we noticed was a gentleman made an announcement we think about not taking photos or videos during the performance, but we couldn't be sure as he didn't use a microphone so it was not possible to hear him clearly. The show started and the first half of Joe's performance was very funny and we enjoyed it as it was clear the rest of the audience did as well. The next strange thing for me, was as after retirement I have become a tech volunteer at the Underground theatre so play audience background music myself, was that the same tracks played before the show started were repeated again. We can't believe this was anything to do with Joe Pasquale.
Anyway we had an ice cream and then the second half was due to start but not before that old couple moved again this time close to us. We mention this seat moving as we have never witnessed it before, as we thought we had bought two dress circle seats and they were ours for the whole show and we had to remain in them, as we have always done in every other theatre we have purchased theatre seats for a show at anyway. The second half was better than the first in our opinion and it finished with an encore before the lights went up and we made the much easier journey downstairs, where in the foyer we were greeted by a gentleman asking for donations. I gave him a pound as I live in Eastbourne and the theatre is in need of some tender loving care due to its age, and also it may help them to buy another CD to play with the other one?
Please support this lovely old theatre guys Sue & John
Anyway we had an ice cream and then the second half was due to start but not before that old couple moved again this time close to us. We mention this seat moving as we have never witnessed it before, as we thought we had bought two dress circle seats and they were ours for the whole show and we had to remain in them, as we have always done in every other theatre we have purchased theatre seats for a show at anyway. The second half was better than the first in our opinion and it finished with an encore before the lights went up and we made the much easier journey downstairs, where in the foyer we were greeted by a gentleman asking for donations. I gave him a pound as I live in Eastbourne and the theatre is in need of some tender loving care due to its age, and also it may help them to buy another CD to play with the other one?
Please support this lovely old theatre guys Sue & John
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In September 2016, mareltomw said about Royal Hippodrome Theatre
Great show by Joe Pasquale. Had not seen him for some time,unfortunately, but the wait was worthwhile.
The theatre was ideal for his performance although not full. Fellow Eastbourian did not know what they were missintg.
The theatre was ideal for his performance although not full. Fellow Eastbourian did not know what they were missintg.
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